The colonial period of U.S. history contains a variety of interesting lessons. One of these pertains to the concept of a "virtuoso." The virtuoso was primarily characterized by curiosity. Rather than being overly specialized, the virtuoso explored a wide range of interests. The study of nature, art, literature, and theology all would have been pursuits common to this stereotype. This blog aspires to take this early category and use it as a point of departure for exploration and reflection.
Monday, May 2, 2016
Foucault's Interview with Paul Rabinow
"I think I have in fact been situated in most of the squares on the political checkerboard, on after another and sometimes simultaneously: as anarchist, leftist, ostentatious or disguised Marxist, nihilist or secret anti-Marxist, technocrat in the service of Gaullism, new liberal, etc... None of these descriptions is important by itself; taken together, on the other hand, they mean something. And I must admit I rather like what they mean." M. Foucault, "Polemics, Politics, and Problematizations," trans. Lydia Davis, in The Foucault Reader, ed. P. Rabinow (New York: Pantheon Books, 1984), 383-4.
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